PNP adds quarantine facilities for personnel

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has added more quarantine facilities inside Camp Crame for its personnel infected with Covid-19.

“The PNP added 80 beds at the Training Service facility while additional 100 beds were placed at the Badminton Court to fully accommodate PNP personnel who tested positive [for] the virus,” PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Bernardo Carlos said on Wednesday.

The PNP Health Service recorded 444 new cases, bringing the number of total active cases to 2,843 and the overall confirmed cases to 44,317 since the start of the pandemic.

“We are adding more quarantine beds as a proactive measure just in case there will be more personnel who will need to undergo quarantine,” Carlos added.

The Kiangan Emergency Treatment Facility remains the primary Covid-19 quarantine facility in Camp Crame.

PNP data showed that as of Wednesday, 216,026 personnel (95.87 percent) have been fully vaccinated, while 7,928 (3.52 percent) are waiting for their second dose. Some 1,379 (0.61 percent) are yet to receive their first dose of the vaccine.